{"id":910,"date":"2023-06-15T15:12:45","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T19:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sustainable-energy\/?p=910"},"modified":"2025-07-18T10:07:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T14:07:13","slug":"carleton-opens-centre-for-advanced-building-envelope-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sustainable-energy\/2023\/carleton-opens-centre-for-advanced-building-envelope-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton Opens Centre for Advanced Building Envelope Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Carleton Opens Centre for Advanced Building Envelope Research\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Carleton community members, government officials and industry representatives gathered to mark the official opening of Carleton\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/caber\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Centre for Advanced Building Envelope Research<\/a>&nbsp;(CABER). The state-of-the-art facility will be used to investigate innovative materials and design strategies for completing retrofits and building new homes in ways that prioritize energy conservation and affordability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sustainable-energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/caber-launch-1200x680-1-240x136.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-911\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Led by mechanical engineering researcher&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/profile\/cynthia-cruickshank\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cynthia Cruickshank<\/a>, Carleton CABER researchers will investigate how heat, air and moisture move through materials and highly insulated wall systems, and how these elements contribute to occupant health, comfort and building science risks.&nbsp;They will use their findings to develop new approaches to constructing building envelopes that are thinner, cheaper, and new methods for renovating existing buildings with less cost and less disruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/story\/caber-advanced-building-envelope-research\/\">Click for full article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton community members, government officials and industry representatives gathered to mark the official opening of Carleton\u2019s Centre for Advanced Building Envelope Research&nbsp;(CABER). The state-of-the-art facility will be used to investigate innovative materials and design strategies for completing retrofits and building new homes in ways that prioritize energy conservation and affordability. 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